MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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